Is it safe to finally get out of the house and go to parks? We have taken quarantine very seriously, but I feel like everyone is living life but for us. I am tired of being cooped up and keeping the kids inside all of the time. Is everyone living life normal now?
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Everything is basically open back up. If you do decide to go out (which I think is a good idea for mental health) just wash your hands and wear a mask!
We are still being careful but we have gone to the park recently. My kids loved it!
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We’ve been going to the park for 3 months and we’re fine. With no masks. We’ve been living normal lives
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We have a few here with in walking and I go when there isn’t many kids.
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We have went to the park multiple times and my kids love it
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Even though we all had covid I’m still being careful cause that’s definitely something I don’t want to get again.
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We go to the parks all the time and have been for months, however I do make sure we wear our masks when the park is busy and always bring hand sanitizer and wipes to clean hands afterwards, it helps give me peace of mind.
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I never stopped going to the park 
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We are careful but still going out
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We’ve been living life normally the entire time.
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Yes. Live your life.
We live in Florida life has pretty much returned to normal outside still males in side well some places kids are in school sports are played.
I’ve been taking my kiddos to the park for about 4 months now. Maybe longer.
We never stopped living our lives. No masks, we don’t overuse sanitizer or anything else. None of us have ever tested positive for covid either.
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We go to the smaller not so popular park close to our house. We wear our masks, unless we’re there alone(which is often) and I bring sanitizer and wipes with us and just keep reminding the kids not to touch their faces. If there’s a lot of kids we will just keep walking on a nearby trail. My kids are thankfully old enough to understand why we can not take the same risks other families can/are taking.
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Absolutely! We go all the time! Take some sanitizer and enjoy life again
I took my kids a few times… if you’re concerned, you could look for easy hiking trails nearby, maybe do a picnic, or look into geocaching? All outdoorsy things that the kids can get involved with that allows you more control over how many people you expose yourself to.
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We go when there isn’t many kids if any.
Me and my son have been going almost the entire time we just keep our distance and if it gets too crowded or people start to get too overly close we just moved to a different area of the park or we go to a different Park
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We have been living life like nothing happened. Being outside will do you all good! Let them live!
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I take my daughter to the park every once and a while if it isnt too cold.
We just made our yard the park and stopped waiting and waiting for life to be “normal” slowly started buying big items for the kids.
Trampoline, zip line, pool, tether ball, etc. highly recommend if you’re able.
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Yes… Take precautions, but don’t stop living life.
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Kids need to be outside… Yes it’s a scary time right now but if we all live in fear we’re never truly living… Only time my kids an i wear a mask is when it’s maditory… If we’re outside i do the same as I’ve always done an have sanitizer with us always… It’s not healthy to be cooped up all the time. We need the sun!! An its proven that the sun kills germs 
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Me & my kids have been going. Just sanitize regularly!
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We still went and did. We even did the pumpkin patch and went trick or treating. We didn’t travel or go on vacation but thats it
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We go to the park like twice a week. Usually it’s not super crowded if you go during school hours.
Parks are probably safer to be at than stores and school and work. It’s better to be outside than inside.
Covid is scary. I had it and luckily it wasn’t worse than a simple cold (for us) but you can’t keep inside for another year. It’s not mentally healthy to be stuck inside 24/7.
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I would just like to ask how your family’s mental health is doing? since you guys have taken quarantine pretty seriously. I hope for your family you are able to stay somewhat connected to people for your mental stability. stay safe whatever decision you decide to do.
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My husband takes our youngest to the park every Sunday so I can get stuff done around the house. He sticks to the ones closer to our home and normally there’s not a lot of people there but he has said that if they’re there and then more and more people start coming they’ll leave that way they don’t risk it.
Aldi has cute kids disposable masks I use for my granddaughters, and the other grandma made them adorable sparkly unicorn cloth ones even the 2-year old will wear. If they are the only kids at the playground, no mask, any other people there, masks on. I always have hand sanitizer & try to get the colorful, fun, scented kind so the kids will want to use it. I feel being outside, especially if there’s a breeze, is fine with masks and distancing as much as possible (kids on playground equipment can bunch up). Most times the various parks & playgrounds near me in suburban Northern Virginia outside of DC haven’t been crowded, and sometimes we’re the only ones there, but it’s still pretty chilly, and we go during the weekdays.
Depends if you’re in a rural or urban environment, how many cases in your area, how fast & successfully people are being vaccinated, if others are good about taking precautions. But with care, I feel being outside and masked is fine.
It’s fine, covid is like the flu
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Carry some sanitizing wet wipes with you so u can wipe them down
Im feeling the same way I feel so bad for my children.
My daughter and son havent been out of the house in a year 
on top of long winters up here they’re such champs tho
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Totally depends where you live and what it is like there. Hopefully your somewhere where you can mask up and socially distance.
We never stopped living life. We wear our masks and wash our hands.
We have been going to parks this whole time I just shower her when she gets home usually anyways cuz she likes to play on the wood chips lol. It’s one of only bits of sanity n as it gets nicer we will be outside when I’m not working and she’s not at daycare.
As we do our best to live life. If your going to catch it n if your time is up then it’s up.
I’ve also realized that my mental health was suffering so I stopped watching the news n just let everyone do them n we do us. Now that it’s getting nice out all bets are off on living life I’m waiting to find out if our pool is gonna open so I can get our season passes n we’ve been on several out of town trips. Just sanitizer and masks where required and I keep the sanitizer wipes in my truck to wipe us down
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The national forests are the best if you still dont feel safe going to the park. We never stopped going, but we often go hike in the forest. We have a 6 and 3 yr old.
I’m sorry you’re feeling so stuck in! Fresh air is good for you and the kids! The worlds a scary place right now, just do what you feel comfortable with!
I’ve been going to the parks for a long time. I bring hand sanitizer. Our parks are cleaned every morning. I also wipe down swings, but honestly we have to live. Both my kids have rare genetic diseases. One disease mimics Covid. We spent so much time in the hospital and I won’t put them in lockdown anymore. It’s not fair. We are cautious but I’ve done isolation for almost 5 years and it’s very depressing. We just want to live!
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Normal life here but with some sanantizer.
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take the children to the park!! No one can stop you! It’s not like children can go for long walks or jogs they have tiny legs!!! So a park is exercising for them…
I never took my daughter for almost a year then she asked to go one day and weather was dry and sunny but still slightly cold so we went to the park her little face lit up she had fun for hours she absolutely loved it!! I was gutted I didn’t take her for that long, will never ever do it again don’t care what anyone says
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Take your kids to the park
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Enjoy life tomorrow isnt promised and if you are going to get it you are going to get it. But not taking care of your mental health isn’t any good for anyone. We have been with family the entire time and took a lot of trips to the lake and the ocean this summer and lots of hiking. We have get togethers and are living life. Take precaution as YOU see fit. I tell everyone all the time if you don’t like what I do stay away.
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Id bring wipes and hand sanitizer i always keep some in the car and id wear masks if other kids or parents are near
I’ve been taking my daughter to the park
Lol my son and I have been out ever since this whole “pandemic” has started lol
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I take my son and we just keep our distance and take sanitizer and wear a mask i with i was very scared at once but we need to take them out a lil maybe just spray her hands all the time when touching the stuff
Yes go out and have some fun. Just practice better hygiene than before.
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Yeah fresh air And being in a park will definitly be so bad for you health! We have to live in glass bubbles And defintly not build our own immune system!!
Corona is going to be a part of life now like the flu. I’m not saying it’s the same as the flu but we gotta start living again sometime
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I guess it depends on what country you’re in. Here in Australia it’s fine
Parks havnt been closed this whole time… Its OUTSIDE. Definitely not doing ur kids any good keeping them locked up inside.
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Yes. Just avoid overcrowded areas, wear a mask when around others, keep your distant and wash your hands. We’ve been doing outdoor activity with the kids (safely) with the kids for months with no issue. Playgrounds, gardens, zoo and other places. if you go early in the morning there are less people.
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Momma said if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it all.
Get out of your house!!!
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Pretty much been living life since Covid started, obviously while taking the necessary precautions.
I take my two year old where I go.
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My kids and i haven’t stopped living normal since the day this started 
we don’t live in fear over here
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Parks near me were closed for a few months but we have been going since they reopened. We wear masks if other people are there. Recently since it’s been warming up its been getting more crowded. There have been a few times when it’s been packed and no one wearing masks that we’ve just left and found another park.
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Yes in the guidelines outdoor play dates etc are allowed x
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Nothing has changed for us ! We keep living our life without fear.
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I’ve had covid twice with a long haul for each of tons of medical problems I had no preexisting conditions conditions and was a healthy active 28 year old a little overweight but not by a lot . Right now we have antibodies so we are living out life but after our 90 days are up we are locking back down and not doing parks again nobody wears their masks at the park and kids don’t understand social distancing. We do get out for safer things though like car rides quiet hikes and walks and there is an almost always empty tennis court nearby we ride our bikes and scooters in 
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We haven’t let the pandemic stop us. Our kids don’t need too treated like sheep. We go to parks we go for walks we do everything just like before.
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We go to the park and sea world. Quit teaching kids to be scared of a bug with a 98% recovery rate.
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go do what you want to do-you are missing out on life-you can sit in closet rest of your life and still get the china virus
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I’ve been living life like normal save for the mask, I worked at a pharmacy until 2 months ago, work retail now, I dont sanitize anything really and just live life normally. We go shopping, out to eat, parks, attractions etc and haven’t caught it yet.
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When all this first started…I took it all seriously. About may… I started changing my mind…things at least in this area weren’t adding up. When I asked questions I was fluffed off or accused of being a murderer. Just. For. Asking. Questions.
I hit screw this with it all around june.
Had a big party fourth of july for my oldest son’s birthday. Kids went back to school full time in person no masks no nothing.
Had a Halloween party in october. Did thanksgiving. Did christmas. Been to several birthday parties. Now that its warmer we’ve been going to the park. My area mostly doesnt wear masks and only loosely social distances.
We’ve been told we have high amount of cases for our area…but very few hospitalizations and even fewer deaths.
I cant answer for anyone other than myself but missing out on life…is not ok for me.
Pandering to anxiety that I fought like hell to get under control way before the pandemic is not an option.
I am not going to torture my children or cause them serious issues with anxiety.
So…we live our lives.
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I quarantined myself and my two kids. Enough is enough. We barely started going out in February by a quick mall trip to build a bear and last weekend we went to the park. It’s so hard and the minute I hear a sneeze, my anxiety gets the worst of me, but these kids aren’t living and losing the best years of their lives! I’d say take wipes and sanitizer and we still wear masks, but try because you will become an agoraphobic. .
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And for those laughing at her you don’t know if she has a sick child, or bad health or maybe even an elderly parent living with her! Don’t judge!
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Never stopped! Wake up!
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I take my kids. We just use hand sanitizer before and after then I change clothes when we get home. I just remind my kids to social distance as much as possible. But it’s hard. I don’t put masks on them at the park as I think the fresh air is good for them. My kids are in public school (in person) and daycare so they are around others. I work in nursing at a pediatric/family med office and my husband works at the hospital. We are all immune compromised but luckily we haven’t gotten the virus. My husband and I are vaccinated (he’s due for his second shot so he’s almost done). Just use common sense and proper hand washing. Let them get some fresh air at the park!
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I take my son to the park on days when people are less likely to be there. It’s really not fair to him to keep him cooped up all the time. We just enjoy as safely as possible
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My kids go to school and day care, my husband and I go to work. Quarantine is not a word in my family. Not possible. We live our lives not in fear. Parks, water parks, we see friends and family, and stores. We just use hand sanitizer and take care of ourselves. Germs are good to build immune systems.
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Is not about living in Fear, 
some people are just clueless thinking that people who take this virus seriously have fear… some of us actually live with vulnerable people at home and as a family member I’m sure we want to do everything we can to not get sick and get them sick… stop saying “I don’t live in fear”…us people who wear masks, and go out only when needed are trying to protect others and ourselves.
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It’s all about personal preference. If it makes you uncomfortable, I wouldn’t do it. But we have been living “normal lives” for months and we’ve been fine. Now that I’m vaccinated, I’m ready for life to open up!
Took it seriously in the beginning. Now - I live life normally! (Other than wearing a mask!) We go out to eat, stores, playground. But we also live in a small town with 0 cases. Even if we had cases - wouldn’t change my way of living.
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Its always been safe
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You should be fine if you wear masks, and I would choose a less crowded park if you have one near you.
I understand your concern. Take baby steps first. I went full force and went to bars and went out dancing.
We go to parks. But just like before we have them wash their hands when they get home. We don’t use sanitizer. To this day as it strips natural oils that kill bad bacteria naturally. Just be careful
Live your life lady! We have been living normal the whole time. Living in fear is exactly what is on the agenda. Mind your immune system, wash your hands, don’t rub your eyes.
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I have to take it seriously. My four year old is immunocompromised and medically complex. Former 26 weeker, Lung disease, gastroparesis, medications that weaken his immune system, on top of his already weak immune system…He would be someone that this virus would kill. I’m not willing to let him become a statistic. We have to quarantine and wear masks every winter when flu season hits, so COVID-19 has been a big deal for us.
I’m not living in fear, I’m living to keep my son alive. A lot of people refuse to wear masks, wash their hands, and stay home when they’re sick so it forces us to be extra cautious.
But that’s my problem, right?
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I never stopped doing anything. The first week we did because people were ridiculous out there, but past that we continued life as normal. When they opened up parks again I took my girls immediately. I took my girls when the pizza/arcade place opened again and the same for the indoor gymnasium. The fear is too much to live by and even though we acted as normal as possible my then 4yo knew things were wrong and was scared. Can’t imagine what she would have been like had we forced her inside and made her afraid to go anywhere cause the little we had done caused her fear already.
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I’m a sahm and I just take my son to the park on off times when most people aren’t out
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Im from New Brunswick, Canada
We only see 1-5 cases a day in our province; sometimes we go weeks with no new cases
Life is pretty normal here
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We never stopped going to the park, but it’s personal preference.
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Go out let your kids have a life just don’t have them around to many people go to a spot where theirs not crowded like bars are
We never stopped going anywhere.
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Ireland is locked down so no living life normally for us until at least June 
If you can simply go for a walk on a Walk-Path or somewhere without cars then do it. Kids need fresh air and sunshine. In one year we’ve only been to the playground 3xs and sanitized like crazy before, during, after.
Just social distance and wear a mask make the kids wash their hands after touching the equipment
I was told to shield but I still took my two to the park. It’s good to get out and good for everyones mental health. I just try to go when noone else is in the park and make sure I take sanitizer and wash hands as soon as we get home ect. X
masks and safety, I live the masks because I haven’t had a cold or flue
It has been safe the whole time. If you don’t want to though, that’s up to you.
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Here in Florida where I live, at the beginning they closed parks, but since they opened them back up, we go all the time. We’ve even been to Funspot in Kissimmee where it was your choice to wear mask and to the zoo where it’s optional as well.
I have a 5 year old autistic son who refuses to wear a mask due to sensory issues but we go to the park and play. Most people keep distance and when we get home wash the hands really well.
Eh we just distance, wear our masks and do proper hygiene and we went to the zoo today. 
We go all the time to the park. Just have them use hand sanitizer or wash their hands when they are done and no drinking out of the water fountain.
We’ve gone to the park the whole time they’ve been open. We just antibac our hands before and after and remind kids not to put hands in mouth during our time there.
I think so! Just wear a mask and wash your hands